more protests and more security scares. the ambush shooting of five dallas police officers. australia is finally getting a look at its new government following a very close election. we'll hear from a new winner. in a little more than 12 hours a winner will be announced in the euro 2016 tournament. welcome to our viewers, i'm natalie allen from cnn center in atlanta. and i'm george howell live following events here in dallas, texas.

good day to you. just within the past 12 hours there was yet another scare here in dallas, texas. thankfully uneventful. law enforcement around the country remains on high alert after the mass shooting of five police officers here in dallas. right now even here at dallas police headquarters, police searched the parking garage after this building on saturday after getting a report of a suspicious person. no suspects. police say they are tightening security throughout the city because of an anonymous threat. just to the south in this state in san antonio, texas, public safety officials say multiple shots were fired at their headquarters late saturday. they say bullet marks were found on the wall of the building. shell casings in the alley behind it but thankfully no one was injured.

our stephanie elam has more on the situation earlier here in dallas. >> reporter: tense time outside of dallas police headquarters after there was a suspicious person in the police headquarters parking lot. the police officers cordoned off an area around the building and were going floor by floor to see if there was anyone suspicious found. as an extra precaution they went back with canine units after the all clear. the area. we saw media being pulled back away from the memorial that we had seen of the two police cars in front of dallas police headquarters, but at this point the streets have been reopened and luckily for this very devastated community here and this devastated police

department, this turned out to be just a hoax of a threat. stephanie elam, cnn, dallas. >> stephanie, thank you. following protests across the country that played out after the deaths of two african-american men at the hands of police. in st. paul, minnesota, hundreds of protesters shut down part of a major highway there. police say marchers threw fireworks, rocks and molotov cocktails. at least five officers were injured there. officers used smoke to disperse the crowds there. that highway has reopened. back here in dallas, texas, individuals have been gathering. the mod is somber but people are coming together visiting memorials like the one behind me. parents are even bringing their children here to explain to them what happened. and as a new father myself, i wouldn't even know where to begin, quite frankly, with that. i spoke with one of those families earlier about how they're coping with what

happened. >> reporter: as parents, i'm a father myself, my son's 2 so i haven't gotten to the point where i'm explaining some pretty complex issues to him. what's it like for you, you know, to bring them here and to explain all of this, that, you know, even the most intellectual of adults don't quite get? >> yeah, i mean, i think for us it really surrounds the theme of not really changing what we do on an everyday basis. these are extremely tragic events that you try to explain but for us it's about making sure every day you're thanking somebody, you're smiling at somebody, you're looking somebody in the eyes, right, and you're saying i appreciate everything you do and, you know, again, it's extremely hard to explain these kind of things but all you can do is make sure that these don't tarnish you and create hatred. we can't solve the world's problems. we can solve what these three

kids do and ourselves and there won't be any hate. >> i think also i had to explain to these two because they understand it a little bit easier and having to explain that it happened in our own city because we live in dallas. i was down here yesterday when it happened so i had to explain why it was happening in our city. that was even harder but it's important for them to see it as part of their life, their history, what they have growing up. >> do you guys mind if we ask them a question? what are your thoughts to be here and see this and to know what happened and why so many people are coming together with so much love and support? >> well, i think it's really awesome that everybody comes here, all different cultures and stuff. it's a little hard to understand why something like this happened, especially like mom said, here where i live. but i think it's really cool to be able to come here and to honor them. that's very important. >> you're how old? >> 11. >> very wise 11. nk thank you. >> what about you?

>> i think it's really cool how everybody feels they should come down here and give these officers flowers because they worked really hard for our country and they served us but they also mean a lot of things for us. >> reporter: just wise words there from even the youngest of kids. just a message of hope. let's now talk about the dallas transit officer who lost his life in the attack. he was escorted to his hometown outside the city. 43-year-old brent thompson served as a marine in the middle east. he recently married a fellow officer. three worked with thompson with the dallas area transit. u.s. president barack obama will be leaving europe early and heading back state side because of the tragedy that played out in talldallas. he's at a nato summit.

that was dominated by the shooting here and about the brexit. he spoke three times throughout the week about gun violence in the united states. listen. >> americans of all races and all backgrounds are also rightly saddened and angered about the deaths of alton sterling and orlando castille and the larger problem of african-americans and latinos being treated differently in our criminal justice system. so there is sorrow, there is anger, there is confusion about next steps, but there's unity in recognizing that this is not how we want our communities to operate. this is not who we want to be as

americans. and that serves as the basis for us being able to move forward in a constructive and positive way. >> the u.s. president there and on his way here to dallas here for this week. u.s. politicians, including the presumptive presidential nominees, hillary clinton and donald trump, they voiced their reactions to what's been a violence filled week. our senior washington correspondent jeff zellany has details for us. >> reporter: a gutt wrenching week. the gruesome police ambush in dallas on the heels of police shootings in louisiana and minnesota creating a new test of political leadership. >> there is too much violence, too much hate, too much senseless killing, too many people dead who shouldn't be. >> reporter: hillary clinton and donald trump canceling campaign

stops in the wake of the massacre. she did appear friday night before black church leaders in philadelphia calling for national guidelines on use of force by police. >> we will make it clear for everyone to see when deadly force is warranted and when it is not. >> reporter: trump placed a video late friday saying the slaying of five dallas police officers has shaken the soul of the nation. >> a brutal attack on our police force is an attack on our country and an attack on our families. >> reporter: an over heated presidential campaign suddenly confronted by a burning crisis over the police, violence and race. all this now front and center in the escalating fight between clinton and trump. >> why do you believe you would be better suited handling the racial divide in america than donald trump? >> i have been involved in working to try to close the

racial divide my entire adult life. i will call for white people like myself to put ourselves in the shoes of those african-american families who fear every time their children go somewhere. >> reporter: trump is framing the divide in starker terms. >> racial divisions have gotten worse, not better. too many headlines flash across our screens every day about the rising crime and rising death tolls in our cities. >> reporter: both candidates said americans must respect the police regardless of rising incidents of wrongful shootings. >> we cannot, we must not vilify police officers. remember what those officers were doing when they died. they were protecting a peaceful march. >> reporter: the protests are erupting across the country with voters also demanding answers from congressional leaders

martyred in gridlock. >> reporter: on capitol hill democrats pointed fingers at republicans. >> if this congress does not have the guts to lead, then we are responsible for all the bloodshed on the streets of america, whether it be at the hands of people wearing a uniform or whether it's at the hands of criminals. >> there will be a temptation to let our anger harden our divisions. let's not let that happen. >> reporter: four months before election day shootings, gun violence and race in america suddenly a very serious conversation to an already overheated presidential campaign. jeff zeleny, cnn, philadelphia. >> reporter: jeff, thank you. here in dallas a tense situation, thankfully uneventful. police officers alike just to find peace and solace. natalie. >> we've certainly seen the

spirit of dallas and it's been wonderful to see since the tragedy. thank you. the uncertainty of australia's federal election is over as the opposition admits defeat. what the prime minister says about the defeat. and cristiano reinaldo is set to kick off in france. ahead. stay with us. "ow..."

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." a diplomatic tit-for-tat is growing between russia and the united states. russian officials say they have declared two american diplomats persona nongrata. that appears to be a move from them expelling two russian diplomats. they were kicked out because a russian policeman attacked a u.s. diplomat. the policeman was trying to protect them. iraqi forces backed by u.s.-led airstrikes have retaken an airbase from isis near mosul.

38 isis operatives were killed. this is one of the biggest airbases in iraq. its recapture means it can be used in further missions against isis. iraqi forces retook the strong hold fallujah weeks ago. the iraqi prime minister said they would take this on adding isis fled like rats in a desert. in france a home team is set to take on portugal in the euro. the national stadium outside paris is set to host the match and our amanda davis joins us from paris for the latest. amanda, dairy ask, how is the atmosphere there? >> reporter: hi, natalie. well, we're still some 11 hours away from kickoff, but the sun is shining. the flags are flying and there's been a real noticeable shift here in the last 3 1/2 weeks or so since this tournament began.

a real country galvanizing behind their team and the french flag. at the start of the tournament really you could have been mistaken or forgiven for thinking the tournament wasn't actually going on, but as the team has progressed through to the final here, we saw last night fans cuing outside the shops to pick up their french flags and memorabilia to really get behind the side. remember, this is a country that -- a city that has been affected by civil unrest and strikes because of the proposed changes to the labor laws. this is a city still in a state of emergency because of a threat of terrorism and this very stadium was one of the targets of those attacks in november that saw 130 people killed in that single night. the team are very, very aware of that and their captain hugo

laurice knows exactly what victory over portugal could mean. >> translator: we've had some very tough times this year. tragic events that happened off the field. we're even prouder to be on the pitch, to really feel the entire french population behind us. to feel this happiness shared between the players and the french people. it gives us greater strength. it's lovely to see. >> reporter: natalie, there's a lot of people here who remember the impact of france's world cup victory at this very stadium in 1998 and what it did for france. they're very much hoping they are able to do the same later today. >> we'll know in a few hours. it certainly sounds like france has the emotional home pitch advantage. thank you very much, amanda davis there live. and a beautiful day for some football in paris. the remnants of what was a super typhoon has forced nearly

half a million people from their homes in southern china. the storm has led to heavy flooding and severe damage in the fujian province. the storm was a super typhoon when it hit taiwan and killed three people there. what's left as it continues to menace southeast china. derek van dam following it for us. been following this for a couple of days. my goodness, that video. >> the flooding and the video is amazing, but you have to see this, natalie, so you can feel what people are actually going through. this is moments when the heavy rain took over while this particular building and eventually the roof collapsed. the entire building collapsed. this is in southeastern china. there is the resulting flooding from this storm. yeah, these people are going to be reeling from this what is now just a tropical blow for the next several weeks, months if not years to come. take a look at this though.

i wish i could bring some of that rainfall that's plagued southeast china, bring it over to the west coast of the united states because we have an out of control wild fire burning in the los angeles county region. this is known as the sage fire. currently 800 acres have burned. 15% containment. about 200 fire personnel battling this blaze and there were evacuations as well. now residents slowly starting to get back to their homes after that mandatory evacuation, but this is all part of the well-advertised drought that's taking place across specifically california. you can see the extreme drought areas, los angeles, san diego. it's not only california that's been plagued with drought here. right here at the cnn world weather center, we have had what is an extreme drought in

atlanta, georgia. the southeastern states also feeling the effects of what is the la nina season. this is a typical weather pattern that we would expect to see with this type of weather pattern throughout the united states. real dry setup across the southeast and the west. this is also on the heels of record warmth throughout the contiguous united states. we have set another record, believe it or not, the warmest june ever recorded throughout the lower 48. 3.3 degrees fahrenheit above industrial averages. that previous record set back in 1933. so astounding heat and it's not only in the contiguous united states. we look northward into alaska and we have also set a record warmth in this particular state. nine degrees above where we should be for the entire statewide average. going forward, we don't have much rain in this forecast for the western united states and the southeast so it looks like the drought conditions will continue. equal chances for above or below

average precipitation. look towards the great lakes for more rainfall. to keep you ahead of the storms, we have potential for severe weather across the northern plains. from grand forks to the minneapolis st. paul area. hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. >> june felt like one of the hottest months. >> it was. it seems to get hotter and hotter. >> derek, thank you. the uncertainty surrounding australia's federal election is over. the opposition party has declared defeat clearing the way for the present administration to remain in office. we have more. >> reporter: eight days on from election day the opposition leader made the phone call he had been hoping to avoid acknowledging that despite the swing towards his labor party at the election, we will here in australia have another parliamentary term being governed by the coalition made

up of the liberal and the national parties. >> whilst counting is not concluded in a number of very close states, it is clear that mr. turnbull and his coalition will form a government. whether or not it's a minority government or a majority government of one or two states, it is clear they will form a government. so i have spoken to mr. turnbull earlier this afternoon to congratulate him and lucy and to wish them my very best. >> reporter: it has, of course, been a long wait for bill shorten and malcolm turnbull who acknowledged in his news conference the close nature of this result. mr. turnbull flags that some of his ministers moving, a minor shuffle will be on the cards but nobody seriously expects that the former prime minister, tony abbott, will be included in a new turnbull ministry. during the prime minister's

victory speech, he was joined with malcolm turnbull clearly relieved that after a long eight week campaign and a week of waiting for results on top of that he can now move on and actually continue to govern. >> this is a day of thanks for many people to thank. the most important people to thank are the australian people because we have resolved this election. we've gone through this election with fiercely fought arguments, issues of policy, issues of principal and we've done so peacefully and constructively. >> reporter: malcolm turnbull has today promised to work constructively with the cross benches that will be so important in the upper house and the senate and both of the major party leaders do agree today that the next parliament of australia is going to need to look very seriously at electronic voting because the race that we've had for results this week really needs to be avoided next time around.

there are certainly challenges ahead for prime minister malcolm turnbull who as a moderate faces battles with the conservatives in his own party. key issues on same-sex marriage, climate change and reform. with australia's governor general over seas, the formalities of forming the next government won't take place for another week or so. in the meantime with five states still undecided, counting continues. >> that's the word from the australian election. i'll have more world news for you in a second. right now let's go back to george. >> reporter: natalie, thank you. on "cnn newsroom" this hour, you will hear from families who are concerned about their children's lives after the killing of police officers and african-americans here in the united states. plus, we are asking questions about the black lives matter movement how that started as a hashtag and now impacting views worldwide. . 8 layers of wheat...

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i think that people feel each other's pain, and that's what makes it great. that's what makes you hopeful. >> welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen at the cnn headquarters in georgia. that was the mayor. yes, people always come together but it's after, unfortunately, tragedies happen that we realize we all like each other. >> reporter: that's a good thing, natalie. this is my home state. it's nice to see people coming together, but at the same time this is a city that has certainly seen a great deal of

tragedy, natalie. it's a city still on edge after the attack thursday that killed five police officers. there was yet another scare this time a scare right here in front of police headquarters. authorities gave the all clear earlier after getting the report of a suspicious person. they are tightening security throughout the city. as for the man behind thursday's attack, that ambush, cnn spoke with the last known employer of the gunman, the owner of a health care facility, and we're told that the gunman, micah xavier johnson passed a criminal background check. police used a robot to kill him after a long standoff. the attacker killed officers who were protecting peaceful protesters. now for many families it is time for what is very commonly known as the talk. it is a crucial, very difficult, it is a very important conversation that many

african-american families have with their children explaining how to interact, explaining how to protect their lives if they get pulled over or questioned by police officers in this country. >> i'm scared to sit my son down one day and say, they might not like you. >> i want to have children one day but i don't want to have a son but i don't want him to go through this police brutality. >> i have a little boy, little black boy that's 1 years old and i fear for his future. >> as a blackman in america we have to figure out how to survive, you know? and the best way to do that is to have conversations about it. >> they might look at you negative before they look at you positive. don't play no loud music. don't draw no attention to yourself. >> if they say turn around, turn around. don't fight them. >> don't reach in your pockets. don't reach for anything. >> keep yourself safe. >> you have to watch what you say. >> don't wear your hood. >> you just might be seen as a

criminal but you never done anything in your life. >> just yes, sir, no, sir. >> yes, sir, no, sir. >> look them face to face and just talk to them. >> i'm going to move my hand to the glove compartment, sir. i'm going to get what you asked me, sir. >> put your hands up if they tell you to put your hands up. >> everything i'm saying is measured, calculated, thought out without question. >> they're not us. can't talk to them like they are us. can't even reason with them. >> you're an african-american male. you already stabbed out. try your best to fit in with everybody else. >> how do we as black people stand together and say no more? >> reporter: u.s. police officers and their families, they are also speaking out. they say with the growing hostility against law enforcement they are worried even more now about their safety. >> as a parent of a cop you're worrying about them all the time. it's a dangerous profession. one of the dangerous jobs.

it's a dangerous job that when bullets are fired you have to run into it. i'm always, always thinking about my daughter and my nephew every day. any time i hear of a new york city police officer crashing their vehicle or getting shot at or getting shot, those are the first two calls that are made. >> no one wants their child or their significant other to get hurt in the line of duty, but it's just something that, you know, you learn to appreciate every day with them. >> my husband always tells me i became a police officer to protect the community and if there ever was a time that he was killed in the line of duty, he did what he wanted to do, to protect others. >> i have a dangerous job and some day i may not come home. i'm a real list. i'm not going to pick clouds in the sky and say everything will be all right. >> pray every single day for that boy. i pray everybody else will be thinking about our officers throughout the country. >> most officers are good people

and they choose every day to walk away from their families and put their lives on the line every day. >> i'm here to protect everybody, my children as well as someone else's children. >> we are still good people. there are still good law enforcement officers out there, but i'm proud of my husband and i'm proud of my daughter. >> reporter: so now let's take a closer look at the black lives matter movement. it has been holding protests in cities as you've seen across the country this weekend. demonstrators are calling for an end against police violence against african-americans. it's a movement that is having a global impact. my colleague amber walker talked to an activist about that very point. >> i think for people in the uk the black lives matter movement, we show our solidarity because although we don't face the exact same issues, there were many covert issues that replicate a lot of things that are happening

in the states. so the gun crime or gun violence towards these people, people are definitely dying in police kus disand this is a sentiment that resonates with us all. >> i'm just curious to know how you react when you hear #blacklivesmatter on twitter or facebook, what have you, being taken out of context, and when you see the rival hashtags, blue lives matter, which refers to police, and we've heard the hashtag all lives matter as well. what is your reaction to this? do you think the other hashtags trivialize this? >> yeah, i think the issue is that people are staring issues that affect over half the population into personal attacks, and i think that's where the discord is and people thinking that we're saying black lives matter discounts that their lives matter.

that's not what's happening at all. just because black lives matter doesn't discount blue lives matter, all lives matter. we are talking about a very specific incident. with the derailment of the hashtag there is something underneath that which i think we should take a closer look at. >> reporter: so from families concerned about their children, from people upset about, you know, the killing of african-american men at the -- and women at the hands of police officers, natalie, and also, you know, the concern officers have about their own safety, you know, the scare that happened here, there is a great conversation that is happening throughout this country, natalie. >> and it's got to keep going. these things happen, we all talk, go back to our lives. something has to break in this country because we all want to feel better about it. thank you so much, george. we'll see you in a moment. the president, barack obama

travels to spain after the nato summit wraps up. the vow i made with his nato allies. also, japan's ruling party is no longer in danger of losing power in sunday's election. it's all ahead here on "cnn newsroom." "why are you checking your credit score?" "well you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "she says...bazang!" "ok, good one." "uh, how do i check my credit score?" "credit karma, it's free." "credit karma. give yourself some credit."

welcome back. barack obama is now in spain following the end of the nato summit saturday in poland. he is now the first u.s. president to make an official visit to spain in 15 years. for more on his triplets' go to erin mclaughlin live in madrid. erin, this is the president's last trip to europe as president. >> reporter: very well could be, natalie. today he is going to be meeting with the king of spain as well as the interim prime minister of spain. traveling from madrid to rota where the united states has a

naval station. he'll be meeting with u.s. military personnel there. he gave an interview to one of the main newspapers here in spain talking about the important relationship between spain and the united states, the cultural and economic ties that bind the two countries together as well as the importance of the military presence here in spain, that spain is a key nato ally. pointed to the fact that the country has hosted u.s. military here for many decades. many are seeing this trip really as a thank you, but it's a thank you trip that has been cut short. president obama will be spending res than 24 hours in country. he cut short -- he canceled, rather, a stop in seville due to the tragic events that unfolded in dallas, the deaths of those police officers, something that really weighed heavily on a press conference that he held at the conclusion of yesterday's nato summit. it was there that he took the

opportunity to emphasize american unity saying that the divisions in america that people are talking about are not as bad as they seem. he said americans of all cultural backgrounds are really upset at the deaths of those police officers. they're also upset and angry at the death of alton sterling and fernando castille. take a listen to what he had to say. there is sorrow, there is anger, there is confusion about next steps but there's unity in recognizing that this is not how we want our communities to operate. this is not who we want to be as americans. >> reporter: he also talked

about the importance for more restrictions on guns, something that we can expect him to address in further detail when he visits dallas next week. >> his motorcade is arriving for the first meetings in madrid, what looks to be a beautiful day in madrid. he, of course, just came from poland, erin, and talked about unity, nato. what were the big headlines coming out of that? >> reporter: yeah. unity was a strong theme there at the nato summit specifically when it comes to the response to perceived russian aggression. saw eu leaders recity sit -- reiterate sanctions. also talk about deployment of battalions to the baltic states, the baltic nato allies as well as poland where the u.s. will be leading that military presence

there in poland. natalie? >> we'll continue, erin, because we want to see barack obama as he gets out of the car for his official visit there in spain. let's talk a little bit about what spain has gone through. this has been a momentous time there for the brexit and spain's economy has been the hardest hit. spain is also in political limbo, so to speak. it has not had a government formed here in this country for months, something that president obama will likely address with the interim prime minister when they meet here in madrid later today. also expected to discuss that with the king of spain as well. we know this is a place close to

president obama's heart. we talked about that in the interview he gave published earlier today. in that interview he talked about how he went backpacking through spain in his youth and how he was touched by hospitality of people here in spain, how warmly he was received, even back then. he also talked about how appreciative he was and how spanish officials received michelle obama very recently. she got a very warm welcome in this country as well. what we're seeing is really a close relationship that exists and will continue to exist according to president obama between spain and the united states. >> we'll continue to follow the president's trip. again, as you say, he is shortening his stay there in spain cutting off one of the trips he was going to -- one of the trips there in spain. erin mclaughlin will be covering it for us. again, barack obama coming home early because of events in

dallas, texas. thank you, erin. japanese president shinzo abe's ruling party appears headed towards a comfortable victory in sunday's parliamentary election. even though doubts were made about his economic party. focus now is whether they will get the super majority needed for constitutional revision. mr. abe is expected to reshuffle his cabinet after the election. hillary clinton has rejected a proposal for ending occupation and the democratic platform. current party language calls for negotiations for two state solution in israel to give palestinians a homeland. clinton's backers say going further than that would inflame tensions.

bernie sanders supporters say the proposed language that was defeated simply repeats a position clinton has taken in the past. coming up, we'll go back to dallas and hear from the hospital workers who were amid the chaos after the shooting and did so much to help the victims.

>> reporter: across the united states, people continue to mourn the loss of these five police officers killed in the line of duty here in dallas, texas, but now there are growing fears for their colleagues, people who put their lives on the line day in and day out. emotions overcame one woman that we spoke with when she explains the fear she has for her sister, her sister who is a texas police officer. >> it's difficult to process because my sister is a police officer in garland and that night that it was happening we were watching it on television and in her thoughts and her mind she told me she was afraid that something like this would happen, that people would retaliate against police

officers because of what was going on in the world and part of it was her fear that this would happen. as we were watching it we were talking about it that night and then it was just -- we couldn't believe it because it was happening in our own backyard so it's just been very difficult. >> so do you have this fear now of your sister going out and doing her job? >> every day. every day i have that fear because her squad car is parked at her house and when she leaves, someone could retaliate against her just because she wears the badge, just because she represents her community and there are so many good police officers out there. they didn't deserve this. they did not deserve this. it was just awful. >> reporter: five police officers who died in the line of duty, remember a total of 12 officers were shot by that sniper thursday, and as this was all happening, hospitals throughout the city, they started receiving victims, people who were wounded in this attack. we have more on that.

>> police officers loaded them in their cars and got them here as fast as they could. >> reporter: in their squad cars? >> yeah. came screeching around the corner. >> reporter: officer after injured officer arrived at baylor university's emergency room. on duty steven burger, a navy physician who recently returned from the middle east. >> reporter: when you heard mass casualties, multiple victims, what came to mind? >> the first thing? >> reporter: yeah. >> that i'm back in afghanistan. the second thing, all right, we need to get order of this chaos. >> reporter: nurse sherry sutton heard what was going on and sped into work. her husband is a dallas police officer. >> when you start seeing people that you know or, you know, officers that come in here all the time, you always think that, you know, that could be your husband. >> reporter: can i ask you about this picture, the front page of

the morning paper. can you -- do you remember this moment? >> the officer is a d.a.r.t. officer and they had just learned that their colleague had been killed in the line of duty and it was a moment where you -- you felt so sad, but i still had a job to do and it was to take care of them. >> 1,000 yard stare as they've lost a buddy or they know that one is in critical condition. it's hard. hard. that's when it hits you. it's hard to swallow that this is happening in our community, that this is happening in our nation, that we as a nation are broken. >> reporter: these doctors and nurses pledged to save lives could not save two of the police officers. the coroner's van waited outside the emergency room to carry away their bodies. the e.r. staff linked arms with police. >> reporter: what was it like to see all those officers saluting and saying farewell in your

e.r.? >> they put on that badge to defend, you know, the community, and to see them in the situation where when you're at work you -- you know, you're being shot at for things that are out of your control. we come together as a team and for community, to support each other because that's the only way you're going to get through it. >> reporter: nurse sherry sutton's husband, a dallas police officer was on duty at the time of the shooting. she would later learn that he did respond to the call but he was not hurt. kyung lah, in dallas, texas. >> reporter: the mood is somber. people are mourning. natalie, i've seen people come together though they're asking very difficult questions. topics on gun control. topics on race relations all being discussed here. >> thank you, george. we'll have more from george in our next hour.

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it's a dangerous job and some day i may not come home. i'm a realist. i'm not going to paint pink clouds in the sky and tell them everything is all right. >> as a blackman in america, we have to figure out how to survive. >> uncertain, anxious times in the united states. we'll hear from people talking about their experiences amid mounting protests and tensions after the killing of two african-american men, five dallas police officers. president barack obama urges

calm during a trip in europe. plus, france and portugal get ready to determine the football champion of europe. this is "today." welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm natalie allen in atlanta. >> reporter: i'm george howell following events live here in dallas, texas. today there was yet another scare here in dallas. right here at the police headquarters behind me. thankfully what happened here was uneventful. authorities gave an all clear after police searched the parking garage attached to this building saturday after getting a report of a suspicious person. no suspects were found but police say they are tightening security throughout the city because of an anonymous threat. meanwhile, the president of the united states, barack obama, will be returning from a european trip early to visit dallas. he says the u.s. is not as

divided as some might suggest. in contrast to that, in the state of minnesota, police have arrested protesters after clashes that happened earlier. at least five officers were injured by thrown objects. we've seen the clashes between police and protesters. let's go live to minnesota. talk about the situation there. it seems that it was very tense just the other night. what's happening now? >> reporter: oh, it's still tense, george. i want to show you what we're looking at. a number of squad members right here blocking a street and as we kind of pan further down this street, you can see a bus. inside that bus a number of people arrested from not too long ago, just a few hours ago. to tell you how many people are in that bus is unclear, but i can tell you this is the second bus that we've seen loaded with

people in handcuffs. what i'm told is this was a second protest of the night. this one started at the governor's mansion and worked its way down to where we are which is only a few blocks away. from witnesses i've talked to on the scene, they were sort of barricaded in by the police officers. it was going pretty respectfully and all of a sudden a mother told me she got a call from her daughter saying, mom, it looks like i am going to get arrested and there is a gun in my face and i'm loaded on a bus and being brought to jail. that's what we're hearing from witnesses at this point. george, this could be a possible reaction to the protests that you were referencing from earlier this night and those definitely got very tense as well. those, again, also about 7:30 this evening started at the governor's mansion and a crowd of about 200 protesters marched down the street and actually stopped traffic on a highway. the highway, a major highway

between the twin cities, st. paul and minneapolis, had to be shut down for five hours with officers on the street and protesters chanting at them. we have video that shows fireworks were being thrown at the officers. bricks, construction material. a number of things were being thrown at the officers. they had to use smoke bombs to disperse the crowd. smoke bombs needed to be used. so certainly it's definitely gotten tense here in st. paul. this is the first time i can say i've been here since everything that's happened with orlando castille. this is the first time it's gotten tense. four days of protesting. today is definitely a different story, george. >> reporter: bryn gingras live on the scene. police officers in gear dealing

with a protest situation that obviously police have been dealing with now for several hours. bryn, thank you. be safe. we'll stay in touch with you. law enforcement remains on edge after the mass shooting, killing of five police officers here in dallas. in san antonio, texas, police say multiple shots were fired at their headquarters late saturday. they say bullet marks were found on the walls of the police headquarters and shell casings found nearby. thankfully no one was injured. this as we mentioned in dallas police searched the headquarters of the building here, the parking garage, of a suspicious person. nothing was found. cnn's stephanie elam has more on that for us. >> reporter: some tense time outside of dallas police headquarters after there was reports of a suspicious person in the police officer parking lot.

not wanting to take any chances, the police officers cordoned off an area around the building and were going floor by floor looking to see if there was anyone found. as an extra precaution they went back with canine units. they went back after the all clear. police officers opened up the streets and cleared out the area. different parts throughout. they went back away from the memorial that we have seen. dallas police headquarters. at this point the streets have been reopened and luckily for this very devastated community here and this devastated police department this turned out to be a hoax of a threat. stephanie elam, cnn, dallas. >> reporter: stephanie, thank you. the dallas mayor had some very strong words on saturday while placing flowers at a memorial for the slain officers.

mike rollins commented about healing and the role that race played in the killings. police say that the shooter who killed those five police officers, micah kpaf kpaf xavie johnson. he said he wanted to kill white men. >> guys, guys, guys, this is crazy. i've been talking as much healing as is in my body. it's all about race. it's all about race. let's get over it. build a bridge and let's get over it. >> what about the incident -- >> i've spoken enough. >> reporter: the dallas police department defending their decision to use a bomb attached to a robot to kill the man behind thursday's ambush. they say the robot was the safest option to kill that suspect during a standoff and that it was used as a last

resort. my colleague ed lavandera has the latest about what we're learning about the gunman and how he was killed. >> reporter: before micah johnson unleashed this vicious attack on dallas police officers, he spent six years in the u.s. army. authorities say his movements during the ambush suggest skilled military style training. investigators say they found in johnson's home a journal of combat tactics. >> he was very astute in how to maneuver his car around to make sure he had the high ground in this situation. >> reporter: johnson served a tour of duty in afghanistan, but cnn has learned that deployment was cut short because johnson was accused of sexual harassment. it wasn't a criminal case but an administrative complaint. not long after, in april of 2015, johnson would leave the army and return to his hometown of maine skeet, texas, a suburb of dallas. >> they don't want you knocking on the doors anymore. please back up to the sidewalk.

>> reporter: johnson's family has refused to speak about the shooting. friends and neighbors have described a mixed picture. some say he loved weapons but those friends say johnson was not a violent person before this attack. some say he was reclusive. others say he was outgoing and friendly. dallas police say one of the last emotions he expressed before being killed in a standoff was his hatred of white people. >> the suspect said he was upset about black lives matter. he said he was upset about the recent police shootings. the suspect said he was upset at white people. the suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers. >> reporter: micah johnson's facebook page shows his upsetness. we are calling on gangs across the nation.

attack everything in blue. but there didn't appear to be any direct examples of him harboring hatred for white people. he served in the military with white soldiers. his parents were divorced. neighbors tell us he lived in this house with his mother and that his father remarried a white woman. he worked for a home health care facility called touch of kindness. the owner tells cnn he was paid to care for his younger autistic brother. these are the threads of micah johnson's life that investigators are looking at. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> reporter: that's the background on the gunman. natalie, not to over shadow the fact that these five police officers, these people who would go into work every day, risk their lives, that that day they would not come home. that is the story here in dallas, natalie. >> absolutely. so very tragic. very mysterious why this man

snapped the way he did. thank you, george. u.s. president barack obama will be leaving europe and coming back to the united states because of the tragedy in dallas. he's in spain for a quick visit after attending the nato summit in poland. that summit was largely dominated by the shooting and the brexit. that's president obama being greeted by the king of spain. mr. obama spoke three times throughout the week about gun violence in the u.s. and said real change takes time. >> we cannot let the actions of a few hurt all of us. more than anything, what i hope is that -- that my voice has tried to get all of us as

americans to understand the difficult legacy of race, to recognize that the legacy of slavery, jim crow, discrimination didn't suddenly vanish with the passage of the civil rights act or the election act or the election of barack obama. >> the visit to spain makes him the first u.s. president to visit the country in 15 years. let's go to erin mclaughlin live for us in madrid. beautiful day there. the president's trip will be quick but it's important to the people there in spain. hi, erin. >> reporter: that's right, natalie. and president obama this morning was greeted by the king of spain at the palace. they gave brief remarks to the media in which they both emphasized the strong alliance that exists between the united

states and spain. president obama also recalling with his fondness the days of his youth just before law school when he went backpacking across the country. he noted at the time he ate cheaply and traveled mostly by foot. never did he imagine that one day he would be received by the ki king. now it is a trip that is going to be cut short. he no longer is going to stop in seville. he thanked the king for understanding the reasons for why the trip is going to be abbreviated and he will also be stopping, nevertheless, at a u.s. naval station in rota and he will also be meeting with the interim prime minister here in spain before departing back for the united states. natalie? >> it's been a quick and a busy trip for him. of course, it all started in warsaw at the nato summit. what was the theme coming out of that meeting, erin?

>> reporter: that's right, natalie. at the nato summit we heard a lot from president obama as well as other nato leaders about the importance of unity, unity when it comes to the response of perceived russian aggression. european leaders reiterating the extension of sanctions for russia. also, the deployment of four nato battalions to baltic states and to poland. in poland the united states will lead the effort there. they also discussed unity in the face of brexit, something we know european leaders as well as the united states very concerned about. president obama calling for the process, any sort of negotiations to not be punitive, to have respect for both sides and really a focus on the new relationship that's going to be forming between the united king come to and the european union

as a result of that referendum. themes of unity coming out of that nato summit, but at the same time there are divisions among european leaders about how to address these issues. something they have to look at very carefully going forward. >> thank you, erin mclaughlin for us in madrid. we will go back to dallas. the family of alton sterling wants justice. the woman said she forgives the officers who shot her son's father. ♪ is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the summer of audi sales event is here. get up to a $5,000 bonus on select audi models. the fastest food truck min brooklyn. meet mylanta® tonight.

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welcome back to cnn newsroom. some more news from around the world for you. australia's federal election finally has a clear winner. it took a while. the country's opposition labor party has declared defeat clearing the way for prime minister malcolm turnbull to remain in place. the vote counting will continue but they say turnbull's national party will secure enough seats to win. they say they will work with the opposition for the good of australia. >> i know that mr. shorten said earlier today that he looked forward to seeking to reach common ground and i welcome that remark. i welcome it because it is vital that this parliament works. it is vital that we work together and as far as we can find ways upon which we can all agree consistent with our policies that we take into the election, consistent with our political principles that meet the great challenges australia

faces. >> the election was held last saturday but voting results were too close to call until now. we want to go back to dallas, texas, and the latest from george. >> reporter: natalie, thank you. more now on the killing of two african-american men killed by police here in the united states. the mothers of orlando castille and alton sterling say the prosecution of two officers will not bring them justice. >> if my son was a humanitarian himself, and he loved life and he believed that all lives mattered. and i thought it was a tragic thing that happened in dallas. my heart goes out to them as well. >> and then in dallas, shooting those innocent police officers, why kill the innocent? they're not the ones that shot your loved ones and they're not

the ones that we're trying to get justice for so we don't go down gunning down innocent. we are about peace. >> reporter: just as we heard from those mothers, the family of alton sterling, you'll remember the louisiana man, who was killed by police last week, wants justice for his death. cnn's nick valencia reports. >> reporter: in one of her first sit-down interviews of alton sterling. she's still raw with emotion. >> my heart is really heavy right now. >> reporter: next to her attorney, chris turner, she speaks frankly to cnn about the killing of her child's father. >> just from the little bit that i saw of footage, i felt like they could have approached him different the words they used could have been different. >> reporter: cnn was told by a

source of information that it was a homeless mantha made the 911 call against sterling. they said he was brandishing a gun. mcmillon doesn't think that's how things started. >> i don't believe that there was a homeless mantha asked for help because he was not that type of person. alton would give you the shirt off your back if you needed it. >> reporter: do you feel him with you? >> every time i get kind of emotional i say, you know, come through me. help me stay strong so i know the right things to say so that you can have justice. to me justice is making sure

everything is in order, making sure that the system that we have see what i see. and i want them to be in prison. i want them behind bars. i believe deep down in my soul justice will be served. i don't hate them. i dislike what they did, but i don't hate them. >> reporter: hate, she says, won't bring sterling back but she will never be the same again. nick valencia, cnn, baton rouge, louisiana. >> reporter: alton sterling's family seeking justice for his

death. an investigation plenty underway. let's take a close look now at the strange relationship between police departments and the african-american community. my colleague spoke with a former police officer and law professor at the university of south carolina about where he leaves things stand now. >> i can't conceive of a single act that would have further damaged police/community relations. you see, like any relationship, we need police agencies and officers and communities to come together, but when both feel like they are under attack and when those feelings are manifested as we saw it in dallas, makes that relationship very, very difficult to keep stable, let alone to improve. >> reporter: so what needs to be done to improve that relationship, build the trust between the i guess two sides? i don't want to paint it in that way but, you know, how do you improve the situation?

>> well, i think there are many things that need to happen and i think we need a long time to do them. the situation that we're in now is not the result of a couple of incidents that happened overnight. >> reporter: right. >> it's the results of decades and decades of history and i think it's going to take us decades and decades to get us to where we need to be. the first thing that both sides need to keep in mind is that they need to connect. they don't need to agree on everything, but they do need to come together and connect. that means acknowledging and respecting positions that they don't necessarily agree with. from the black lives matter movement or the blue lives matter movement. both of them have grievances that need to be addressed and need to be respected from the other side before we can get the type of progress that i think we ne need. >> reporter: you're a professor. you talk to people all t time. you're interacting with young people. give us a gauge of how people are feeling in this country, especially when you hear from

president obama who says it's been extremely painful this week but he's reiterating. he said, quote, i firmly believe america is not as divided as some have suggested. if you talk to people on the outside who are looking in, looking at the united states, they're seeing a very divided ameri america. is perception reality? >> yes, in many cases perception is reality but that should include what's often overlooked and that's the tendency for people to come together. we saw it after the shooting in the charleston church. we're seeing it in the aftermath of the horrific attacks in dallas. even groups and individuals that have strong disagreements with each other can come together as people, as humans, as americans. so there is a lot of divisiveness but i think that there is a lot of core humanity that comes together in times like this. >> quickly, you end the article by saying that you are

optimistic that things will get better. can you just expand on that before we close? >> sure. over the last two years we've seen police agencies start to take a new tact and get a new appreciation for community input. we've seen, yes, a lot of spotlight on the public from law enforcement but also a lot of involvement, a lot of feedback from the community about what they expect from their law enforcement agencies. and it's that working relationship that i think we are going to see more of and hopefully in an even improved tone in the coming years. so i am afraid but i am also very optimistic. >> reporter: amera walker's interview. thank you. at the same time the president is making comments, we are monitoring the protests playing out in st. paul, minnesota. natalie, back to you. other world news for you

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case. now we have seen clashes between police and protesters saturday night into this morning in minnesota. that is where dozens of people have been arrested and our bryn gingras is there live joining us from st. paul. earlier in the hour you updated to tell us there were people detained, put on a bus. what is the situation that you

see now? >> reporter: right now, the two buses that we saw a number of people getting loaded on to, those have now left the area where we were. we're told about 60 people, george, were arrested during that particular protest and all of them now at a police department being processed. right now police relocated to the governor's mansion where both protests originated. there are 40 people not protesting, sort of gathering. we're not sure if they'll take off to another location. it has been a very difficult night for both protesters and police. earlier this evening with one of the first protests by this group started at about 7:30. that one lasted for several hours and ended up shutting down i-94 which is a major interstate between the twin cities and minneapolis st. paul.

that one had several clashes with police. i talked to several people who were involved. they said they were tear gassed, they said they had smoke bombs sort of sent their way and the st. paul police were saying that they had fireworks thrown at them, bricks, concrete slabs, pieces of construction from an overpass of i-94. we're told five officers i think were injured, not seriously but nevertheless injured. two separate protests that have wrapped up but were very volatile at some point, george. >> reporter: cnn's brynn gingras live and on the line in st. paul, minnesota. we wish you safety as you continue to follow this story. again, the attacks that happened in dallas, that attacker targeted police officerers that were protecting a peaceful protest. they were demanding change after

the killing of two african-american men. now it is time for what is commonly referred to as the talk. it is a crucial, difficult, important conversation that many african-american families have with their children explaining how to interact, explaining how to protect their lives if they get pulled over or stopped by police officers in this country. >> i'm scared to sit my son down one day and say, they might not like you. >> i want to have children one day but i don't want to have a son because i don't wants him to go through this police brutality. >> i have a little boy, a little black boy that's one years old and i fear for his future. >> as a black man in america, we have to figure out how to survive, you know? and the best way to do that is to have conversations about it. >> they might look at you negative before they look at you positive. >> don't play no loud music. don't draw attention to

yourself. >> if they say turn around, turn around, don't fight them. >> you can keep yourself safe. >> you have to watch what you say and what you wear. if you wear your hood you just might be seen as a criminal but you never done anything in your life. >> just yes, sir, no, sir. >> yes, sir, no, sir. >> give them honest feedback, look them face-to-face, what we just talked about. >> i'm going to move my hand to the glove compartment, sir. i'm going to get what you asked me to, sir. >> put your hands up. >> everything i'm saying is measured, calculated, thought out without question. >> they're not us. you can't talk to them like they're us. >> you already fanned out. i try my best to fit in with everybody else. >> how do we as black people stand together and say no more? >> reporter: so that is the talk that is had among many african-american families. at the same time there is talk

among u.s. police officers and their families. they say with the growing hostility towards law enforcement across this skun try they are worried even more now about their own safety. >> as a parent of a cop you're worrying about them all the time. it's a dangerous profession, one of the most dangerous jobs. when bullets are being fired, you have to run into it. >> i'm always, always thinking about my daughter and my nephew every day. any time i hear of a new york city officer crashing their vehicle or getting shot at, those are the first two calls i make. >> no one wants to think of their loved one to get hurt. it's something you appreciate. >> my husband always tells me you become a police officer to protect the community. if there was ever a time where he was killed in the line of duty, he did what he wanted to

do, was to protect that person. >> i tell my kids i have a dangerous job and some day i may not come home. i'm a real list. i'm not going to pick clouds in the sky and tell them everything will be all right. >> you have to pray every single day for that boy. i hope people think about our officers. >> most officers are good people and they choose every day to walk away from their families and put their lives on the line every day. >> i'm here to protect everyone, my children and other people's children. >> i'm proud of my husband and i'm proud of my daughter. >> reporter: important to keep in mind when we talk about police officers, we're talking about people of all races and all religion. they have a great deal of authority. the concern that they have and the concern that some of these families have, that is the conversation, natalie, that's being had to bridge that divide. >> so important that they talk about it. so true.

other news that we're following, a diplomatic spat is intensifying between russia and the united states. russian officials declared two american diplomats persona nongrata in the u.s. that was after two russian diplomats were kicked out because they attacked a u.s. diplomat in moscow. russian officials say the policeman was trying to protect the embassy. tit-for-tat between the u.s. and russia. iraqi forces have retaken an airbase in mosul. 38 isis militants were killed in the operation. al qayara is one of the biggest airbases in iraq. iraqi forces retook fallujah

weeks ago. they said they would eliminate isis in mosul in the same way isis fled like rats. we'll be right back.

may sound like a broken record because we are often talking about drought conditions in california, but it goes on and it has fueled another ferocious wild fire in southern california forcing more people to have to get out of their homes. meteorologist derek van dam joins us. thousands of people already lost their homes recently. is this a new fire? >> this is a new fire. this one is in l.a. county, los angeles county, and it's called the sage fire.

this is the santa clarita to be specific. about 800 acres have burned so far. 15% containment. some of the latest images coming out of the area. it's tough to see how quickly the fires spread. it doesn't take long for one of those embers or ashes to float over to another location. there were evacuations. thousands of people, mandatory evacuations set to leave their home. now they're allowed to come back to their home which is good news for this particular area, but nonethele nonetheless, this has been an extensive, very busy, very active wildfire season. over 2 million acres have burned so far just in this year in 2016. a very well advertised drought taking place in california. we've all heard about it. five years strong. from san diego, los angeles,

central valley into the yosemite region. we're also talking about the southeastern united states right here at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta, georgia. we've entered into an extreme drought as well. let me tell you, i'm an avid gardener, just having to water my plants day in and day out to try to get some harvest out of let's say the very basics out there. this is all thanks to extremely warm conditions. the warmest june on record. starting to sound like a broken record. 3.3 degrees fahrenheit above where the u.s. should be for this time of year, at least in terms of industrial averages. it's not only in the contiguous united states. we look northward to alaska. we often think of this as cold

area. no, 9 degrees above average. as we look forward to the next ten days or so, we still have below average rainfall for the western u.s. equal chances for above or below average rainfall for the southeastern united states. and if you're looking for above average rain you have to travel to the great lakes and upper midwest. that is where we have our chance of severe weather. we cannot rule out the possibility of hail or damaging winds. i want to take you to the other side of the world from the united states to south africa. close to my home. i've lived here for seven years. world surfing competition taking place at jay bay, super tubes. that is nick fanning. by the way, last year, same competition, he had a close encounter with the shark. >> that's the guy. right back out there. no big deal. >> tough. >> he's like, bring it, shark. not me either. derek, thanks a lot. thanks for ending on a high note, not a broken record.

he keeps breaking records. we turn now to france. the home team set to face off against portugal in the finals of the euro 2016 football championship. the national city is set to host the match. our amanda davis is already there on a beautiful day there in paris. amanda, certainly the people there of paris deserve to have this wonderful treat happen for them. how's the atmosphere there? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, natalie. the sun is shining. the flags are flying from the buildings we can see overlooking the stadium here. there have been people cuing outside just to get their hands on the french shirts, scarves, flags just to be part of this. france's first major international tournament final since the world cup in 2006. the first time they've been in the european championship finals since they won it, actually, back in 2000.

this was the front page of a local paper. it says, we want it. the picture of the trophy. big star there. cristiano ronaldo, big portuguese star. we shouldn't forget, natalie, that this isn't going to be a completely partisan french-backed crowd in this stadium today because actually france has the biggest population of portugal outside of portugal than anywhere else in the world. there's about 1 million portuguese people based here in france. we've seen cars in the back. people are traveling from france and lisbon to get here in the next nine hours or so before kickoff. as one portuguese fan put it to me, france had their turn in 1984 and 2000. perhaps this might just be

portugal's turn. but as you were suggesting, this has been a really tough time for not just the people of paris, also the people of france. the civil unrest, the strikes and of course there is that continued threat of terrorism. this is a city in a state of emergency after those terror attacks here in november that killed 130. the south of france was one of the targets of the attacks that night. the french team and their players are in absolutely no doubt what victory would mean. >> translator: we've had some very tough times this year. tragic events that happened off the field. we're even prouder to be on the pitch, to feel an entire french population behind us. to feel the happiness between french players and the people. it gives us greater strength. it's lovely to see. >> reporter: i have to say, natalie, there's no hint of any trouble or bad atmosphere as things stand.

they're taking no risks at all. there are 3,450 police and parades in the evening. there are an extra 4,000 or so that are going to be here in france and also the fan zone underneath the eiffel tower. all in all, everybody is just looking forward to what will hopefully be a fantastic football match. >> are you going to make a prediction? will france be able to best portugal -- >> reporter: very tough to call, natalie. the french has perhaps the most talented squad of all in trans playing over the last 3 1/2 weeks or so. they beat the world championship germany. portugal hasn't beaten france. portugal are relishing their

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♪ ♪ >> reporter: those officers being remembered. i'm george howell, live in dallas, texas. >> i'm natalie allen in atlanta. thank you for watching. .

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